Mr. RetroLust

Neon Deluxe Arcade - Launchbox Theme View File Neon Deluxe Arcade - LaunchBox Theme Note: This thread will not be pushed to the front in the "whats new" section, if you want notifications for future updates to this file be sure to follow this page by using the follow button in the upper right corner. INTRO: In a dark alley lit by black light and neon, an arcade resides; Neon Deluxe Arcade. Neon Deluxe Arcade is a series of themes, if you like you can download these to accompany the complete theme: Neon Deluxe Arcade - Badges Neon Deluxe Arcade - Big Box Theme Neon Deluxe Arcade - Launchbox Theme Neon Deluxe Arcade - Startup Theme (Street) Neon Deluxe Arcade - Startup Theme (Inside) Mr. RetroLust's Realistic Retroarch Bezels (Same style > Dimmed lit retro gaming) Mr. RetroLust's - Mame 4K - Lights Out - Realistic Bezels (Same style > Dimmed lit retro gaming) CREDITS: Huge Thanks to @Grila for the inspiration and his permission and kindness to use his codes for especially the left sidebar and more from his LBPlex Launchbox Theme. Also huge thanks to @Rincewind for the inspiration and his permission and kindness to use his code of the Rincewind Launchbox Theme for full screen background images. I couldn't have made it as it is without you guys! Thanks to @C-Beats for adding the steam achievements to the theme, and the code for clear logos! Thanks to @faeran for the tip about video background transparency and the coding for the play time tracker. @Retro808 for the filters code, thanks man! FEATURES: More than I can mention, you just have to see it in action, one thing I can mention is that it features a bright green and slightly larger cache progress bar so you can't miss it when it's working to make a smooth experience INSTALLATION: Extract folder "Neon Deluxe Arcade LB" to Launchbox/LBThemes. Open Launchbox, go to Tools/Options/(Leftside bar) Visuals/Choose the theme in the dropdown bar. Tip: Tools/Options/Theme/Colors > Choose "Midnight Blue" for anything that was not possible to color change in Launchbox theming. Important: This theme does not use fanart or platform backgrounds but a static 4K quality background, there are 7 backgrounds to choose from in the separate download, the image you want to display should be named "Background-01.jpg" and overwritten in \LBThemes\Neon Deluxe Arcade LB\Images. In order to get it working as you see in the screenshots please set your background settings to: Hope you enjoy, have fun brothers! Submitter Mr. RetroLust Submitted 02/09/2019 Category Custom Themes  

Realistic Marquee Monitor FX View File Realistic Marquee Monitor FX Note: This thread will not be pushed to the front in the "whats new" section, if you want notifications for future updates to this file be sure to follow this page by using the follow button in the upper right corner. Part of the Neon Deluxe Arcade series but this can be used for any theme to spice up your marquee monitor The FX are composed of different layers of scratched plexi glass, reflection, light and other grungy and dusty layers to get as close to realism as possible, see in the video below how it's been composed. Installation Installation, please note this was made for use with a 21:9 ultra wide monitor, other aspect ratios might not look as on screenshots. 1. Place folder '_Realistic Marquee FX' in 'Launchbox\Themes' 2. Within the _Realistic Marquee FX folder are 4 images 1. Realistic Marquee FX - With Marquee holder & Plexi FX. 2. Realistic Marquee FX Only Plexi - Without the Marquee holder, only Plexi FX. 3. Realistic Marquee FX Subtle - With Marquee holder & Plexi FX. 4. Realistic Marquee FX Subtle Only Plexi - Only Plexi FX. 3. Choose the style XAML file you want: Full FX a. Realistic Marquee FX - Complete: With Marquee holder, Plexi FX and Magic Screen Filler. b. Realistic Marquee FX - Sans Filler: With Marquee holder & Plexi FX but Without Magic Screen Filler. c. Realistic Marquee FX - Plexi FX & Filler - Without Marquee holder, With Plexi FX and Magic Screen Filler. d. Realistic Marquee FX - Plexi FX only: With Plexi FX but without Magic Screen Filler and Marquee Holder. Subtle FX e. Realistic Marquee FX Subtle - Complete: With Marquee holder, Plexi FX and Magic Screen Filler. f. Realistic Marquee FX Subtle - Sans Filler: With Marquee holder & Plexi FX but Without Magic Screen Filler. g. Realistic Marquee FX Subtle - Plexi FX & Filler - Without Marquee holder, With Plexi FX and Magic Screen Filler. h. Realistic Marquee FX Subtle - Plexi FX only: With Plexi FX but without Magic Screen Filler and Marquee Holder. 4. Pick the style you like and overwrite the GameMarqueeView.xaml file in the 'your theme of choice/Views' folder, might be a good idea to back up the file first however. Additional note: If you see gaps at the sides of the marquee you'll have to adjust the margins, the current margins work for 21:9 displays but on other aspect ratios it needs adjustments. Open up the GameMarqueeView.xaml with a notepad editor and check for "Margin="100,70,100,70", change the values of 100 to a lower or higher number. Enjoy and have fun! ? Mr. RetroLust Submitter Mr. RetroLust Submitted 02/09/2019 Category Big Box Custom Themes

Coming soon, as part of the Neon Deluxe Arcade series:

Always throw water on Gremlins!

Awesome,I love it! I found this thread with some info on your question, haven't read it though but might have some info:

I cant help you with the question but that cab looks awesome, hope to see more photos of it

Thats an amazing collection brother!

The M30 sure is a looker, but I'd recommend the Hori Fighter Commander though.

No worries at all brother!

Sorry @Jason Carr This coding is too much for my noob Wpf level, if you or anyone else knows how to get the alternate font colors here's the xaml file: GameDetailsView.xaml The complete theme is here:

Cool! Thanks @Jason Carr I'll try to get it to work with this

Neon Deluxe Arcade - LB Theme View File Neon Deluxe Arcade - LaunchBox Theme Note: This thread will not be pushed to the front in the "whats new" section, if you want notifications for future updates to this file be sure to follow this page by using the follow button in the upper right corner. INTRO: As part of the complete 'Neon Deluxe Arcade' series (a follow up of Futurestate Neon Deluxe) this is the Launchbox Theme to accompany the Startup Theme and the Big Box theme which is still being worked on, you can follow the progress of this theme here. This theme does not use fanart or platform backgrounds but a static 4K quality background (you could try but it's not the recommended setup), there are 3 backgrounds to choose from in the themes images folder, the image you want to display should be named "Background-01.jpg". In order to get it working as you see in the screenshots please set your background settings to: CREDITS: Huge Thanks to @Grila for the inspiration and his permission and kindness to use his codes for especially the left sidebar and more from his LBPlex Launchbox Theme. Also huge thanks to @Rincewind for the inspiration and his permission and kindness to use his code of the Rincewind Launchbox Theme for full screen background images. I couldn't have made it as it is without you guys! FEATURES: More than I can mention, you just have to see it in action, one thing I can mention is that it features a bright green and slightly larger cache progress bar so you can't miss it when it's working to make a smooth experience INSTALLATION: Install both the fonts located in "Fonts To Install" by double clicking each and choose install. Extract folder "Neon Deluxe Arcade LB" to Launchbox/LBThemes. Open Launchbox, go to Tools/Options/(Leftside bar) Visuals/Choose the theme in the dropdown bar. Tip: Tools/Options/Theme/Colors > Choose "Midnight Blue" for anything that was not possible to color change in Launchbox theming. Hope you enjoy, have fun brothers! ? Submitter Mr. RetroLust Submitted 02/04/2019 Category LaunchBox Custom Themes

Thank you for explaining brother, much appreciated! This clears up the issue, I have no idea how to incorporate an iValueConverter so i'll leave it as it is.

I'm working on a custom LB Theme and it's going quite well, one thing I really can't seem to tackle is the following, something I wanted to do/see for a long time now. Normally in Big box you can alternate field and output in style, for example: <TextBlock Text="Status: " Foreground="#5731F8" FontWeight="Bold" FontSize="24" /> <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=ActiveGame.Version}" Foreground="#8287ED" FontWeight="Medium" FontSize="24" /> Resulting in something like - Status: Good But in Launchbox the first field "Status:" is already baked into the output resulting in "Status: Good" without the ability to be creative with the outcome much, I could alternate the colors on each row but then again when a field is missing in between the two rows you'll get the same colored rows on top of each other again. <TextBlock Text="{Binding Status}" Visibility="{Binding StatusVisibility}" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="0,0,0,4" /> Example when a field is not present, than the alternating colors aren't effective: What I really would like to be able to do: I would love to separate these fields as I find it looks better (not so much in above example though, that was just a quick setup) but also an improvement in readability and fast eye navigation but I am at a loss when it comes to those binding paths and what can be done with them further in coding, I hope I expressed this well in proper english lol Another wish I have is being able to style different outputs like "Good" in green "Imperfect" in orange and "Preliminary" in red, although I have a feeling this isn't possible. I hope someone can help me explain if things can be done or impossible etc, hope I don't bother you by doing so, thanks for reading either way @Jason Carr @Grila @eatkinola @Rincewind @Lordmonkus

Arcade & Diner: 5.1 Surround Ambience View File A completely different mix than the one posted yesterday it's composed and mixed in 5.1 Dolby Digital, out of 5 different one hour ambience recordings, each recording is slowly spinning 45 degrees within 5 minutes to either Front Left, Front Right, Surround Right, Surround Left or the Mid-speaker, but they even travel across the matrix in depth, sort of like 3D sound depth. This way the audio hopefully won't become repetitive as with most ambience recordings after a while. Can also be played on stereo systems although the surround effect will be less. If you like to simulate an arcade setting, audio helps give it that extra dimension/mood. Just fire up the audio with your media player of choice and MAME-away The file is an MKA file, the audio container format of well known MKV video container format. At least MPC-HC and VLC will be able to play it but other players may as well. Hope you like! p.s. It's also nice to play the 5.1 audio with your eyes closed, strangely it relaxes lol ? Submitter Mr. RetroLust Submitted 02/01/2019 Category Sound Packs  

Arcade & Diner - Dynamic Stereo Ambience View File If you like to simulate an arcade setting, audio helps give it that extra dimension/mood. Just fire up the mp3 with your media player of choice and MAME-away This is an hour long ambience Mp3 file, I mixed several sources of a diner and an arcade together with a dynamic left to right panning mix on 4 tracks, especially useful when you've set up a home cinema / audio set which has the ability of spreading 2 channel stereo to the back speakers as 4 channel stereo. When the dynamic panning sets in it comes really close to a real surround mix, it makes the ambience feel more realistic with depth. Now I haven't tested the file yet with headphones on so be warned, it might not be a suitable mix for this as you might hear too much detail where the rough panning wasn't performed well. Submitter Mr. RetroLust Submitted 01/31/2019 Category Big Box Sound Packs